Minutes from April 11, 2012 Meeting

CSUN Latino Journalists

Bake Sale April 17^th

-       10am to 2pm

Elections April 25^th

-       Chair

-       Vice president

-       Treasurer

-       Secretary

-       External chair

-       Internal chair

-       Activities

-       Blog editor

-       Social media

Anyone can run and must give a small presentation to the club.

Anyone can be nominated.

Dinner

-       Elected president organizes dinner at the end of the year

-       To be held the weekend before finals

iPad Raffle

-       New deadline: May 2

-       $50 = 10 tickets/$5

-       Diana, Julia, Brian, Paula, Jorge, Marisol, Daniel (already sold tickets)

Shirts

-       Raul Delgado, Virginia Bulacio, Julia Cooke, Gladys Barajas, Mey Lyn, Wendy Aguilar, Naomi Ogaldez, Yesica Lopez, Chris Ramos, Sabela Scalise, Sigourney Nuñez, Joanna Jacobo

-       All others who haven’t given Joanna the $8 must give their money to Sabela by next week!

-       Shirts will be ordered by the end of this week.

Workshops

-       Networking: April 18^th (During meeting)

-       Online writing: April 2^nd

Resume Review

-       April 25^th

Bowling night

-       TBA

 

SPJLA Conference Recap

Naomi and Yesica at the networking dinner on friday night

Written by Yesica Lopez and Naomi Ogaldez

SPJ’s conference was held this past Friday and Saturday where professional journalist from print, broadcast, and online came together. Various states were represented at the conference: California, Arizona, Hawaii, and Nevada.

It was a great experience getting to meet, network, and learn from different professionals in the field.

Dealing with trauma from the job, networking, and ethics, were some of the topics that were discussed in the conference.

On Saturday, Bob Butler, reporter in San Francisco at KCBS talked about the Do’s and Don’ts on getting a job in the journalism field. He emphasized how important it is to start networking with professionals in the field before graduating because having a journalism degree doesn’t mean you will have a job guaranteed.

Networking is key in being able to get into the doors of your dream job.

“Who you know can get you in the door. What you know will keep you there.” -Bob Butler

Also, you should try your best to learn multiple job skills such as editing, filming, photography, writing, and reporting to be able to stand out from the rest of the applicants for the job. Researching the company you wish to work for is a good start to getting to know whom the people in charge are and who you will need to contact for the job.

Yesica and Naomi with Bob Butler, Reporter at KCBS in San Francisco

In addition, he talked about how internships are an important step in networking and gaining experience. While your interning, try to meet as much people as possible and learn from them. He recommended staying in contact with the people you meet in the field. Have a mutual relationship; don’t only be asking for help and advice all the time.

These are just some pieces of advice that we learned at the conference. We hope to tell the members about our experience and tips we learned when we come back from spring break so they can also apply them as well.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Media Panel

We would like to thank Jarritos for sponsoring us in our Social Media Panel.

Written By: Naomi Ogaldez

Photo By: Yesica Lopez

Video By: Joanna Jacobo and Julia Cooke

Last Wednesday, CSUN Latino Journalist hosted a successful Social Media Panel in which they invited Social media and community editor from KPCC Kim Bui, USC Web Professor Robert Hernandez, NBC-LA Tech/Social Reporter Mekahlo Medina, and Stephen Chavez from Chavez Marketing and Communications. They discussed the advantages of having social media outlets, how to build a unique brand and about the impact of creating conversations with your audience.

During the event, many students tweeted tips under hashtags

Robert Hernandez, Paula Duran, Mekahlo Mediana, Brian De Los Santos, and Kim Bui

(#LatinoJournalists, #latism, and #socialmedia) that the panelists were saying. For those that were unable to attend the event, they used twitter to ask questions for the panelists and take part in the conversation.

Some tips given at the event were:

Robert Hernandez: Quality vs Quantity: You have to be 1st AND right. It is more important to be right then to be 1st and be wrong. Your reputation is valuable. You need to be credible for what you say.

Stephen Chavez: 30%-talk about yourself – 70% talk about things that relate to you and that may interest your audience. If you are talking only about yourself, you will bore your audience.

Kim Bui: In order to land a job in social media, you must not have typos and keep your accounts updated.

The event concluded with networking and more advice being given to the students.

We would like to thank everyone that attended and sponsored our social media panel on Wednesday! We would also like to thank the panelists that participated and helped make this event possible.  We really appreciate your time and your words of insight of social media that was spoken into our lives.

Members from the club with the guest speakers at the social media panel.

On the road to…UNITY Convention 2012!

Are you a student and part of NAHJ or CCNMA? Are you considering in going to the UNITY Convention this summer? Join us on Tuesdays in MZ 201 at 3:30 p.m. We will be discussing ideas, logistics and fundraising to get to Las Vegas! UNITY is the biggest journalism convention of the year. The major journalism organizations will be under one roof, talking about the future of the field, taking part of workshops and a coordinating a massive career fair! This is an opportunity you do not want to miss to network, network network! If you have any questions feel free to email us: csunlatinojournalists@gmail.com

10-26-11 CSUN_LJ Minutes

NOTE: TBA= To be announced
Internships

• Miami Herald- Oct. 31
• Pulliam Journalism Fellowship Nov. 1 (3 letters of recommendations)
• Star-Ledger New Jersey. Summer 2012 Internship
• Washington Post Nov. 1 (2 letters of recommendations)
• Boston Globe Nov. 1 (1 letter of recommendation optional)

Broadcast Journalism Reel pointers  (by Danielle Benavides)

• Reel is a clip presenting a broadcast journalist.
• Watch your timing: 3-6 min. First 8 secs are CRUCIAL!
• Appearance- clean & consistent on your reel.
• Watch for your Tone/Voice.
• Don’t bother with CDs.

Sneak Peek @ Resume workshop

• Focus
• Check your layout.
• Make sure you have white space.
• Accommodate to the news outlet
• NETWORK WITH EVERYONE YOU MEET

El Nuevo Sol

• Brain Storming.
• Diana and Charlie will work on the story of Obama and Education: Trying to reduce student loans.

News

• Next meeting we will meet via SKYPE with a Multimedia producer from Univision.
• Next Wednesday we will have our Resume Workshop @ 3pm Nov. 16. (Place TBA).
• Sabela will be presenting the proper way to use statistics on print and broadcast projects.
• Dec. 7 Social Meeting Panel.
• Next event to do volunteer work hours on Dec. (day TBA)

• Contact Paula for P.R. internships.
• Nov. 18 Univision Tour. 9am – 12pm.
• Ipod raffle. $5 each ticket. Each member must sell 10 tickets.

NY Times Institute for NAHJ students

NAHJ Students! Remember to apply for the NY Times Institute! Deadline is Oct. 29, don’t lose time. Here is the link for the application and listed requirements. If you would like to create some clips please contact Jorge Neri from El Nuevo Sol.

Oct. 5 minutes

Taco Sale update moved date to 10-7-11

Volunteer List

• Chriss
• Jorge
• Brian
• Meet at Matador Square @ 9:45am
• Thanks You note for the dad of the girl that is helping us.
• Juan Gonzalez Panel on Oct. 24 from 9am-10am @ Whittset Room.
  • Ruben Saenz is in charge of the flyer.
  • NALEOworkshop Sat. Oct. 15 11am-5pm El Monte
    • High School event @ CSUN Oct. 15 contact Jessica Retis @ jessicaretis@gmail.com
    • El Nuevo Sol- discussion of the topics being. Also tried to promote bloggers for the ENS. Noticias Iberoamericanas.
    • Social Event- PINZ day Oct. 14 @8pm
    • Communication Issues- Texting group will be assign to someone. Ruben Saenz is in charge of the minutes.

Follow us on social media! Búscanos en medios sociales

We hope everyone is having a great introduction to the semester! We already began planning our first fundraiser and workshop. Get ready to eat tacos on Oct. 5 and work your multimedia skills on Oct. 12. If you want constant updates, check us out on social media!

(Spanish) ¡Esperamos que todos empezaron el semestre muy bien! Ya estamos planeando nuestro primero recaudador de fondos y taller de multimedia. Ponte listo/a para comer tacos el 5 de Octubre y trabajar en tus habilidades de multimedia en el 12 de Octubre. ¡Si quieres estar al tanto de nuestras actividades, síguenos por las redes sociales!

Twitter: @csun_lj

Facebook: CSUN Latino Journalists

(just click on the links!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCNMA September 30th Meeting

Last Thursday’s meeting we had the opportunity to skype with the director of the New York Times institute, Don Hecker. The NYT institute is a two week long internship type programthat will give NAHJ member’s a chance to acquire real experience in the month of January. Hecker made sure to stress certain points:

-If selected for the program, EVERYTHING is paid for. “If you’ve got the talent, we’ve got the money for this,” Hecker said.

-The application process requires to submit SIX clips (no more than). You are not limited to one specific media. If an applicant has both multimedia clips, as well as print clips, Hecker encourages to submit both. However, with the exception of photojournalist applicants, all the clips must have been published at some point. THE CLIPS DO NOT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED IN A SPECIFIC FORMAT. Web printouts, xerox’ed copies, originals, word documents are all accepted.

-Photo journalist are encouraged to submit hard copies of their photos. If images have been published, Hecker said the picture quality is better in the originals, but copies of published work are accepted.

-If an applicant has published work in a different language, they are encouraged to translate the material and submit their work as part of the six clips. This applies to both video, multimedia and print work.

-Also, the application process requires a letter of recommendation from a leading editorial supervisor or professor. As well as a 500 word maximum essay. PLEASE CHECK FOR GRAMMAR MISTAKES BEFORE SUBMITTING WORK. Hecker said that the panel of judges are looking for a “compelling” story, be creative people!

For more information about the program check out the website -

http://nola10.nytimes-institute.com/

THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 30

Good Luck

CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California 32nd Journalism Opportunities Conference

October 14-15, 2010
Davidson Conference Center, USC, 3415 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90089
(conference center directions)

co-sponsored by

PlatinumSponsor

The annual Journalism Opportunities Conference, the largest job fair on the West Coast for journalists of color, is held every October. The conference includes a 2-day job fair.

For those not able to attend the national conferences of the different organizations of journalists of color this year, the JOC is a more affordable alternative. Registration fees range from $50 to $100.

The JOC, which annually attracts news media recruiters from both print and broadcasting companies from throughout the country, is co-sponsored by the Black Journalists Assn. ofSouthern California, the Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists Assn., and the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Comunication & Journalism. The JOC includes the USC Annenberg School of Journalism job fair.

Students and professionals with varying levels of experience attend the job fair looking for internships, entry-level jobs or to move up to their next job at a bigger paper or market. Interviews for jobs and internships are all walk-up interviews. The days, times and methods of interviews are at the discretion of the recruiters.

Because of the changes going on in the industry, we expect fewer recruiters to participate this year. However, we will provide more workshops, especially in multimedia storytelling on both days. We will continue to offer workshops on Audition Reel Critiques and Resume Writing/Interviewing Tips on Friday during the conference.

There are different registration fees for students and professionals, but it is the same whether you attend one day or both days.
Fees have not been raised in consideration of the poor economy.

Recruiter/Exhibitor registration fees range from $250 to $600, depending on broadcast market size or print circulation.

Visit www.ccnma.org